Google recently announced that it has ordered 6 or 7 small nuclear power plants to provide electricity for its data centers. What are we to make of this apparent revival of interest in the nuclear industry? Is it a real solution to the climate crisis or a fake fix? 

The Public Power Observatory hosts a conversation with M.V. Ramana, author of Nuclear is Not the Solution (Verso, 2024), to explore the pitfalls and possibilities of nuclear power in a time of climate emergency.

New Nukes: Climate Crisis Fix or Boondoggle?

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